Military source: Individuals arrested while looting liberated area are wanted people, not soldiers

Damascus, SANA – A military source affirmed that the individuals that appeared in photos and videos while being arrested for looting one of the liberated areas are not Syrian Arab Army soldiers; rather they are wanted by the authorities.

The source told SANA that regarding the photos and videos being circulated which show the arrest of individuals claiming to be from the Syrian Arab Army who had been looting one of the areas that were liberated recently, the General Command of the Army and Armed Forces confirms that the people in the photos are not soldiers from the military establishment and have no affiliation to it whatsoever.

The source said that the people shown in the photos and videos are wanted individuals whose names had been sent to all checkpoints a while ago.

Social media sites recently circulated photos and videos showing individuals in military uniforms as they were being arrested after looting one the areas liberated by the Syrian Arab Army recently.

Hazem Sabbagh

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